<ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:
<> >So? A decent paper tape reader will do 700 cps.
<
<Hi
< I don't recall the read speed but it was something
<on the order of 15-20 mins to load. 700 cps sounds
<a little high to me. As I recall, the holes are about
<1/8th inch apart, making that ~7.3 feet per second,
<I don't remember anything with paper tape going that
<fast. Mylar tape maybe? Are you sure it wasn't 700 cpm?
The fasest I know of whas the remex optical reader I had and that did
300CPS. I used an oliver audio (optical, pull through) and it could easily
do over 1000 CPS. The limit was the drive in most cases. Oh, 300cps is
like running a terminal at 3000 baud or faster. In those days that was not
shabby as typical programs were only a few k and a monster was 12k Basic.
Allison
Received on Tue Mar 16 1999 - 18:37:59 GMT